We’ve got a solution to plastic pollution. Help us put it in your TDs' hands

Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been making great progress this year to turn the tide on plastic pollution in Ireland.

Last week, over 2,000 of them emailed the Oireachtas Environment Committee to make sure they didn’t let Minister Denis Naughten water down the Waste Reduction Bill to indefinitely delay a national deposit and return scheme.

In a fit of pique, the Minister is now threatening to block the whole Waste Reduction Bill on a technicality. That would scupper not just the deposit and return scheme but also a proposed ban on plastic straws and cutlery and the Minister’s own idea of a levy on disposable coffee cups!

Now, we want to put that solution in the hands of your TD as they decide the fate of the Waste Reduction Bill.

This year, our Keep Cups have created a useful talking point to get people to consider the impact of unnecessary, non-recyclable coffee cups on the environment. We’re currently throwing away over half a million disposable coffee cups a day in Ireland alone!